Okala building markings precede road works
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Infos Gabon
Gabonese authorities have begun marking homes, shops and banking establishments affected by the widening of the road linking Cité des Ailes to the former Okala dispensary. The operation prepares for the release of the land needed for road works, according to Infos Gabon.
Agents from Gabon’s Ministry of Public Works and the National Agency for Urban Planning, Surveying and Land Registry (ANUTTC), accompanied by representatives of the Okala residents' collective, began marking homes, shops and banking establishments on Wednesday along the route of the widening of the road linking Cité des Ailes to the former Okala dispensary. The operation is intended to identify the buildings affected by the release of the land needed for road works, according to Infos Gabon.
Édouard Ekomie, spokesman for the Okala residents' collective, said the marking had been announced several months ago and recalled that ANUTTC agents had made an initial visit in May. He said the specifications at the time provided for widening the road between the Okala junction and Cité des Ailes, as well as opening the road towards the exit of the Gabon Energy and Water Company (SEEG) as part of the Okala-Pétro-Gabon-Cité des Ailes project schedule.
Several residents nevertheless said they had been given only two days to comply with operations linked to the project. This stage follows the release of 270 plots of land to widen two roads in Libreville, announced on 26 October, and the clarifications provided on compensation before road demolitions in Libreville, published on 1 November.
